KDKA-TV Lays Off Two News Anchors

PITTSBURGH, PA — The December merger of Viacom and CBS has cost two KDKA-TV anchors their jobs. A national round of layoffs at CBS-affiliated stations on Wednesday included KDKA evening anchor Susan Koeppen and morning anchor Rick Dayton.

Dayton had been with the station since 2009 and Koeppen had been at KDKA since 2011, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The station has removed profiles of the anchors from its website.

The Los Angeles Times reported that as many as 400 ViacomCBS employees were impacted by the job cuts.

“We are restructuring various operations at CBS as part of our ongoing integration with Viacom, and to adapt to changes in our business, including those related to COVID-19,” a CBS news release stated.